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New York City judicial races: These are the contested primaries on the ballot

Voters will decide on one Surrogate’s Court race, and two countywide Civil Court seats. ....

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Judgment on the judges: The judicial endorsements of the Daily News

Like the New York City Bar Association (founded 1870), the Daily News (founded 1919) has long supported the merit selection of judges instead of by election, elections controlled by political party bosses, which means the Democrats here in the city. Having a president or governor or mayor choose judges and accordingly be wary of picking a rotten apple or a dud is far better than a backroom deal cut by the hacks not accountable to the public. ....

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Former judges ask for leniency for crooked jurist facing jail time

Three retired Brooklyn judges and more than 20 attorneys asked for leniency for a disgraced former jurist set to be sentenced in Manhattan Federal Court for obstructing an investigation into corruption at the state’s largest credit union. ....

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Late-Brooklyn DA's family gets $1.15 million settlement in his cancer death

“It doesn’t bring him back and it’s not enough,” Lu-Shawn Thompson told the Daily News. “I don’t think any dollar amount will ever be enough. But this is one piece of my life that’s over with. I can move on from this now.” ....

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Brooklyn Surrogate's judge kicked off the bench over 'bias' and 'discrimination'

Judge Harriet Thompson, one of two elected judges serving in Surrogate’s Court in Kings County, has been relieved of her duties and is no longer allowed in non-public parts of the Johnson St. courthouse in Downtown Brooklyn, according to a memo from the Office of Court Administration. ....

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